Returning to their parents' home on the second day of the first lunar month, Yao Jianguo and his wife woke up their two children early in the morning, washed themselves, and then headed to Xinglin Village, where Li Mei's parents' home was located.

After climbing two mountains, we finally arrived at Lao Li's house halfway up the mountain. It was only around nine o'clock in the morning, and the kitchen chimney was already emitting light black smoke.

"Oh, grandma's eldest granddaughter and eldest grandson. I haven't seen you for more than a year, and I miss you so much!" Grandma Li Hehua hugged a child with one arm, with a loving smile on her face.

"Mom, what are you talking about during the Chinese New Year?" Li Mei said angrily.

"Oh...it's grandma's fault. We young women have no inhibitions!" Li Hehua smiled and held the hands of the two sisters and walked home.

"Where's my dad?" Li Mei asked, scanning the room with her eyes.

"I know you are coming back today. Your dad is frying steamed buns in the kitchen. Remember to bring some back to your old lady and the others to try when you go back later." Li Hehua took out a bowl and sprinkled sugar into each bowl before pouring some more.

boiling water.

"Grandma, can I come over and have a look?" Yao Yi had never made the dumplings herself, so she asked with some excitement after hearing this.

"Okay, just go over to the kitchen!" Li Hehua nodded and agreed.

"Mom, I'm going to see if I can help." Yao Jianguo knew that Li Mei must have something on her mind that she wanted to talk to Li Hehua, so he made an excuse.

"Sister, I want to go see them too!" Seeing that Yao Jianguo and Yao Yi were about to leave, Yao Feng quickly climbed off the stool and followed them.

"Go ahead, Xiaofeng, remember not to get your clothes dirty." Li Mei also happened to have something personal to say to Li Hehua, so she explained and agreed.

"Mom, I bought this for you and my dad!" Li Mei said after the others left, taking the bag next to her.

"It's good that you're back. What else are you buying? We, the old couple, don't have to worry about food and drink here!" Li Hehua complained when she saw the sugar, canned oranges and other things in the bag.

"This bag is for you and dad to buy cotton clothes. Don't be reluctant to wear them. I will buy them for you during the Chinese New Year next year!" Li Mei took out the clothes in another bag and marked them on Li Hehua's body before putting them away after making sure they could be worn.

Beside.

"Mei Zi, you are buying this and that, Jianguo doesn't have any ideas, right?" Li Hehua asked worriedly.

"Mom, you are thinking too much. This is the child his father asked him to buy." Li Mei explained.

"Jianguo is a good person. You are not like your brother. The couple went out to work for half a year and didn't get a penny back. They have been playing mahjong every day during the New Year, and they don't think about their family!" Li Hehua looked at the current scene.

My daughter doesn't have to worry about it, but she feels sad when she thinks about her troubled son at home.

"Why is Li Jun like this now? Why don't you give the child a minute when he is here with you?" Li Mei frowned and asked in an unhappy tone.

"Don't be angry. The child doesn't cost much here. Your father and I are still flexible. We can go to the mountains to pick some herbs and everything will be enough!" Li Hehua quickly explained in a low voice.

"Mom, just spoil him. People in their thirties don't have any sense of responsibility. They only know how to eat, drink and have fun every day!" Li Mei disagreed.

"He has gotten better in recent years than before. The sugar water I made for you just now is the candy he bought." Li Hehua felt that she had let something slip and quickly added.

"You... forget it, this is what I buy for you and your wife. You are not allowed to subsidize them!" Li Mei knew that it was useless to say anything, so she took out a red envelope from her pocket and stuffed it into it.

Li Hehua's arms.

"I can't take this. You two are still young and have a lot of money to spend. I..." Li Hehua quickly stuffed the red envelope back.

"Okay, you can take it. Remember, don't let Li Jun and his wife know!" Li Mei came back rarely, and she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness. She explained and got up and walked to the kitchen.

"Mom, you're here too, grandpa is about to fry the pot now!" Yao Yi shouted immediately when she saw Li Mei coming.

"We're in for a treat today. Your grandpa's fried dumplings are famous for their deliciousness!" Li Mei gently rubbed the top of her son's head and said with a smile.

"You just praise it in front of your children. I used to think it was delicious only when I didn't have anything to eat at home. Now that I have more food to eat, I have no choice but to be curious about the rice dumplings!" Grandpa Li Hong looked at his daughter's family with a smile, holding the rice cake in his hand.

The chopsticks carefully turned the dough in the oil pan.

"Dad, don't say that. I always think about the dumplings you made in Nancheng!" Yao Jianguo affirmed with a smile.

"That's a good relationship. I'll make more for you before you go back!" Li Hong's smile became brighter when he heard this.

"I just need to eat some. It's a long journey to Nancheng and the rice noodles are thin!" Yao Jianguo explained.

"Oh, let's try this!" Li Hong looked at the dumplings in the pot, estimated that they were almost ready, then put them on the hollow lid and said to a few people on the side.

Li Mei stretched out her hand to test the temperature and made sure it had cooled down. Then she carefully pulled some and handed it to Yao Jianguo and his two children.

"Eat less, otherwise you won't be able to eat much until lunch!" Li Mei explained.

"What do parents eat? It's so delicious?" Li Jun's voice came from outside the door from far to near.

"Oh, my sister and brother-in-law's family are all here!" Li Jun approached and saw Li Mei, and immediately shouted in surprise.

"Why did you come back? Didn't you say you were going back to your parents' home with Lulu?" There has always been this tradition in Yi County. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the girl went back to her parents' home. Last night, Li Jun also agreed to accompany his wife.

, that’s why Li Hehua was so surprised when she saw it.

"Then what...didn't I know that my sister is back? I haven't seen my sister and brother-in-law for more than a year, and I just rushed back!" Li Jun grabbed a handful of steamed buns and put them in his mouth to eat crunchily.

He stood up and said nonchalantly.

"I know you have a good relationship with your sister, but you can't ignore the rules. Go back to your father-in-law's house quickly!" Li Hehua scolded her son for being ridiculous.

"Oh, please leave me alone, I have something to say with my brother-in-law!" Li Jun waved his hand, pulled Yao Jianguo who was standing aside and left.

"Ahem...where are you going?" Li Hehua followed and asked.

"You cook at home and we'll be back when it's dinner time!" Li Jun pulled Yao Jianguo away a little faster and said to the person behind him.

"Forget it, Mom, let's cook!" Li Mei knew that Yao Jianguo was a measured person, and she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness during the Chinese New Year, so she persuaded.

Li Hehua also knew that there was nothing to say now, so she had to turn around and go back to the house to prepare lunch.

Li Jun was honest and brought Yao Jianguo back on time at 11:30. He looked at the table full of food and praised with a smile: "I just said that my mother's cooking is better. When you look at the braised pork, you can see that it is delicious.

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"Use chopsticks to eat!" Li Mei glared at him angrily.

"Yes!" Li Jun didn't care about Li Mei's attitude, he still smiled cheerfully.

"Yiyi Xiaofeng, come and try grandma's specialty dish, the little rooster stewed with vermicelli!" Li Hehua picked them up with chopsticks and put the two chicken drumsticks into the bowls of Yao Yi and his sister.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious!" Yao Feng couldn't wait to take a bite and praised vaguely.

"It's delicious!" Different from the feed-fed chickens eaten in Nancheng and later generations, Li Hehua used chickens that were raised free-range in the mountains at home, so Yao Yi was impressed by the original fragrance of the chickens after taking one bite.

Praise sincerely.

"Haha... If you like it, eat more. Come back before you go back, and grandma will make it for you!" Li Hehua was overjoyed when she saw that her craftsmanship was recognized, and the smile on her face deepened even more.

"Come and try this. This rabbit was caught when it snowed a year ago." Li Hong picked up the rabbit legs and put them into the bowls of the two children.

"Try this again, this is us..." Li Hong and his wife seemed to be in a competition, one chopstick and one chopstick. After a while, the bowls of Yao Yi and brother Yao Yi were filled to the brim.

"Oh, how did I get back? It turns out that my eldest sister came back and carried our mother and son to eat well!" Li Jun's wife Liu Lu came back with her son Li Chao. When she heard the voices of people talking and laughing in the house, she pulled a weird look on her face.

road.

"Lulu is back, have you eaten?" Li Hehua had been worried about a conflict at Liu Lu's family since her son came back. Now seeing Liu Lu's look, she knew she was right. In order to prevent Liu Lu from causing trouble, she immediately

He stepped forward with a smile and expressed concern.

"We, mother and son, deserve to eat the food you cook. Your precious son was at my mother's house today and showed off a lot of authority. Those who knew it was the son-in-law who came to visit, but those who didn't know thought that someone came to our house to collect debts.

?" Liu Lu had no intention of stopping, she continued to speak in a strange manner.

"Liu Lu, I only have this meal at home this year, can't you give me some face?" Li Mei glanced at her silent father and her children who looked confused. She suppressed her temper and remained calm.

asked.

"Sister, this is not because I don't want to give you face. You have to ask your good brother what he did in my house!" Liu Lu said without giving in.

"Liu Lu, please don't go too far. Your mother just scolded me when I came to your house today. Either she disliked the lack of New Year's gifts from me, or she disliked me for not being as capable as your brother-in-law. Don't forget that when the family is busy with farming, this

Who harvested the rice and wheat? Now he dislikes me, so why didn’t he find that capable and capable eldest son-in-law?" Li Jun also became angry. He stood up suddenly and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

"It's just that you don't have the ability. If you could give my mother a red envelope of 100 yuan, would she blame you?" Liu Lu couldn't help but shrink her neck when she saw that Li Jun was really angry, but when she saw that she was tightly

Li Chaochao, who was holding his hand tightly, unconsciously raised his voice a little louder.

"Stop arguing, don't let others have a peaceful New Year!" Li Hong stood up and shouted with a gloomy face.

"Xiao Chao, why are you and your mother so miserable? Other fathers know how to make money for their wives and children. Only your father knows how to eat and drink every day. He only needs to eat when he is full, and he doesn't care about us, mother and child... Xiao Chao

...My life is miserable..." When Liu Lu saw this scene, she didn't care whether the new clothes she bought for the New Year would be stained. She sat directly on the ground, hugged her son and burst into tears.

"Liu Lu, you must be a conscientious person. What you are wearing was not bought by me. I will give you forty for your monthly salary of sixty, how much have you saved? Now I have no money to honor your parents during the New Year, so just

What does it mean to be fooling around here?" After all, the trouble had come to this point, and Li Jun was not afraid of the family's jokes, so he asked bluntly.

"I...my child doesn't need money. Don't I need money to buy food and cook?" Liu Lu didn't expect that he would settle old scores in front of so many people, so she quickly pulled her child out to talk.

"It's for children. Look at what Xiao Chao is wearing, and what are you wearing? I have never seen anyone as selfish as you. The good thing is..." Li Jun blushed angrily and scolded Liu Lu.

"That's enough, either go to the table and eat, or get out and make a noise and let the villagers see what you can do." Li Hong kicked his son and said in a cold voice.
Chapter completed!